Table 4.
Average genetic distances (%) for nuclear IRBP-encoding sequences between the groups of studied flying squirrel species; intraspecific variations of genetic distances are also provided for each species.
| mel | tep | pea | cin | fim | vol | pha | hor | fus | phi | kin | ele | pul | set | ans | xan | Bis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aeretes melanopterus (mel) | |||||||||||||||||
| Aeromy tephromelas (tep) | 2.86 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belomys pearsonii (pea) | 1.37 | 2.86 | |||||||||||||||
| Eupetaurus cinereus (cin) | 2.68 | 2.16 | 3.03 | ||||||||||||||
| Eoglaucomys fimbriatus (fim) | 4.09 | 4.01 | 4.19 | 3.74 | |||||||||||||
| Glaucomys volans (vol) | 5.18 | 4.90 | 5.00 | 4.64 | 3.47 | ||||||||||||
| Hylopetes phayrei (pha) | 3.94 | 4.20 | 3.76 | 4.20 | 3.13 | 3.66 | |||||||||||
| Iomys horsfieldi (hor) | 3.92 | 4.01 | 3.76 | 3.84 | 2.69 | 2.95 | 2.60 | ||||||||||
| Petaurista alborufus (fus) | 4.36 | 4.27 | 4.82 | 4.27 | 4.27 | 4.73 | 4.19 | 4.28 | |||||||||
| Petaurista philippensis (phi) | 3.77 | 4.08 | 4.39 | 3.77 | 3.67 | 4.49 | 4.09 | 3.67 | 1.06 | ||||||||
| Petaurillus kinlochii (kin) | 4.18 | 4.19 | 4.19 | 3.91 | 1.89 | 3.38 | 2.42 | 2.16 | 4.46 | 3.97 | |||||||
| Petaurista elegans (ele) | 4.75 | 4.95 | 5.38 | 4.75 | 4.44 | 4.44 | 4.76 | 4.24 | 2.18 | 1.46 | 4.54 | ||||||
| Pteromyscus pulverulentus (pul) | 1.28 | 2.77 | 1.46 | 2.59 | 3.92 | 4.91 | 3.85 | 3.66 | 4.74 | 3.88 | 3.91 | 4.85 | |||||
| Petinomys setosus (set) | 4.28 | 4.65 | 4.38 | 4.10 | 3.03 | 3.92 | 2.87 | 2.69 | 4.82 | 4.08 | 2.77 | 4.86 | 4.10 | ||||
| Pteromys volans (ans) | 4.00 | 3.91 | 3.83 | 3.91 | 4.18 | 5.08 | 4.29 | 4.47 | 4.99 | 4.90 | 4.55 | 5.47 | 3.75 | 4.56 | |||
| Trogopterus xanthipes (xan) | 0.51 | 3.21 | 1.54 | 3.03 | 4.38 | 5.37 | 4.11 | 4.11 | 4.65 | 3.98 | 4.37 | 4.86 | 1.46 | 4.56 | 4.01 | ||
| Biswamoyopterus sp. (bis) | 3.06 | 1.57 | 3.26 | 2.52 | 4.14 | 5.04 | 4.35 | 3.69 | 4.74 | 4.29 | 4.18 | 5.27 | 2.77 | 4.64 | 4.14 | 3.36 | |
| Intraspecific variations | n/c | n/c | n/c | n/c | n/c | n/c | n/c | n/c | n/c | 0.13 | n/c | n/c | n/c | n/c | n/c | n/c | 0.09 |